Want to find a new way to compost your food waste into nutrient rich amendment for your garden? Learn to put worms to work through a composting method called vermicomposting – the process of using worms and associated organisms to break down organic waste into material containing nutrients for plant growth. Volunteer master composters will offer a special presentation on vermicomposting to teach county residents how to set up, build, care for, and harvest castings and worms.

The Riverside County Waste Management Department has scheduled a free household hazardous waste collection event on Saturday, May 9, in Beaumont at the Lamb Canyon Sanitary Landfill. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents and is set to begin at 9 a.m.

The Riverside County Waste Management Department today announced a new, free service that supplements the existing household hazardous-waste collection program. The department recently added an antifreeze, battery, oil, paint (ABOP) and PaintCare Facility at its Lamb Canyon Landfill. The service is available for free to Riverside County residents from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during non-holiday Saturdays. It is located at 16411 Lamb Canyon Road in Beaumont.

The Riverside County Waste Management Department has scheduled a free household hazardous waste collection event on Saturday (February 28) in Blythe at the County Administrative Center, starting at 9 a.m. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents.